Sports Nonfiction

If you had to pick the greatest thing in sports you'd ever seen, what would it be? Was it a miraculous comeback? An amazing catch?A game-winning buzzerbeater? Or something completely different?The best thing about sports is that you never know when a great moment is going to happen.

Bethany Hamilton, a teenage surfer lost her arm in a shark attack off the coast of Kauai, Hawaii, but that didn't stop her. Not even the loss of her arm could keep her from returning to surfing, the sport she loves.

There is only one writer on the planet who possesses enough basketball knowledge and passion to write the definitive book on the NBA. Bill Simmons, the from-the-womb hoops addict known to millions as ESPN.com's Sports Guy, is that writer.

The extraordinary tale of a refugee youth soccer team and the transformation of a small American town Clarkston, Georgia, was a typical Southern town until it was designated a refugee settlement center in the 1990s, becoming the first American home for scores of families in flight from the world's war zones--from Liberia and Sudan to Iraq and Afghanistan.

Profiles five female athletes through history that overcame adversity and discrimination to become prominent players in their sports, including historic swimmer Trudy Ederle and NASCAR's Danica Patrick.